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Historical Event on 1/5/1988

India's first indigenously built 'Braille' script released short hand machine for the blind.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/3/1700Chhatrapati Rajaram Maharaj died of lung infection due to smallpox at Sinhagad fort.
8/11/1956The Lok Sabha passed the States Reorganisation Act.
8/19/1993Y. D. Lokurkar, senior journalist, died.
9/7/1997Banned Maoist Communist Centre guns down at least 30 CPI (M) liberation activists, including district committee members and workers, at Ankendar village, 40 km from the district headquarters of Chatra in Bihar.
7/10/1992Dr. Najma Heptulla re-elected Dy. Chairman of Rajya Sabha.
2/14/1976Urban Land Ceiling Regulation Act comes into force.
11/11/1923Shamasunder Gururaj Mudgal, great educationist, was born at Bijapur, Bagalkot.
10/18/1992Zimbabwe's first Test match vs India at Harare.
6/10/1955Prakash Padukone, internationally famous Badminton player, was born.
11/10/1922S. K. Raghunath Rao, cricket test umpire for 7 tests from 1960-67, was born in Karnataka.